Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund

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Number of SC taxpayers claiming gas tax credit continues to drop

October 27, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Once again, the state’s chief revenue forecasters have grossly overestimated the popularity…

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Fiscal ‘21 ends with huge gas-tax-hike surplus amid unfinished projects

August 6, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Stuck in a pothole. For the fiscal year that ended June 30,…

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Gas-tax-hike piggy bank keeps growing fatter

April 30, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Through March, a special fund created with the state gas-tax-hike law had…

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Gas-tax-hike surplus expands by $250M in one year while road projects lag

March 3, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT In just one year, the surplus from state gas-tax-hike revenues grew by…

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Gas-tax-hike projects: Main contractors doing other SC jobs

September 30, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT The slow pace of fixing South Carolina’s bad roads and bridges since…

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Will Year 2 of gas tax credit be as unpopular as the first?

March 13, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT A state agency is again predicting that S.C. taxpayers will claim the…

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SCDOT still sitting on huge gas-tax-hike surpluses; few major projects completed

November 20, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT For the fiscal year that starts next July 1, the state Department…